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 166-080 Society and Self Identity

Note

Formerly available as 166-130. Students who have completed 166-130 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Kevin McDonald

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject introduces students to sociology through exploring the relationship between changing experiences of selfhood and new patterns of social life. It locates new questions of self-identity in the context of globalisation, changing work and family patterns, emerging forms of consumerism, weakening social roles and institutions. It introduces sociological approaches to questions of gender and sexuality, embodied subjectivity, subcultures, and contemporary social problems such as drug use and addiction.

Assessment

An essay of 1500 words, a field work report of 1500 words and a 1-hour class test.

Prescribed Texts
  • K McDonald, Pressing Questions: Explorations in Sociology. (Issue 2) Melbourne AWL, 2000.
  • R Sennett, The corrosion of character: the personal consequences of work in the new capitalism. Norton New York, 1998.
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